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[Interview] Patrick Mackaronis, Director Of Business Development At Brabble

YoungUpstarts

You need to find the right investors to get the ball rolling, then you can start really looking at the bigger targets like family offices or strategic investors. Patrick Mackaronis: Everyone has different terminology for certain things when it comes to investors. You also talk about “family and friends” funding.

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I Just Invested in @Burstly, a Mobile Ad Management Company

Both Sides of the Table

Evan and I met regularly over a three year period from the time he was running Flux, which he sold to Viacom ( who was his strategic investor ). This is his third company that is in this related space and he was an early investor in Adconion. If you are new to running and optimizing ads you can leave the work to Burstly.

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Thoughts from the road: building startups and collective ambition outside Silicon Valley

Version One Ventures

The Bay Area is home to smart and strategic investors that contribute far more than just dollars. He also goes on to write: What cities provide is an audience, and a funnel for peers. You’ve got a great number of senior level talent in engineering, sales, marketing, etc. running around the Bay Area. Great value-add capital.

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Strategic $5 Million B Round for Jinni for Video Discovery

VC Cafe

We’re very happy to collaborate with Belgacom to bring Jinni’s intuitive video guide features to an international, multilingual audience. The round B investors are leading innovators in creating the next-generation entertainment experience, across platforms and devices.

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Generative AI: Opportunity or the end of media as we know it?

VC Cafe

Furthermore, the rise of social media platforms transformed how and where people consumed content, especially among younger audiences. This shift not only fragmented audiences but also reshaped content consumption habits, leaving traditional publishers grappling with how to retain relevance and revenue in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.